PUBLIC LAW 113–59—DEC. 20, 2013 

VA EXPIRING AUTHORITIES EXTENSION ACT 

OF 2013 


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127 STAT. 658 PUBLIC LAW 113–59—DEC. 20, 2013 

Public Law 113–59 

113th Congress 

An Act 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend certain expiring provisions of 

law, and for other purposes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘VA Expiring 

Authorities Extension Act of 2013’’. 

(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for this Act 

is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. References to title 38, United States Code. 

Sec. 3. Scoring of budgetary effects. 

Sec. 4. Extension of authorization of appropriations for payment of a monthly assistance allowance to disabled veterans training or competing in largescale adaptive sports programs. 

Sec. 5. Reauthorization and modification of adaptive sports assistance program. 

Sec. 6. Extension of authority to transport certain individuals to and from Department of Veterans Affairs facilities. 

Sec. 7. Extension of authority for operation of the Department of Veterans Affairs 

regional office in Manila, the Republic of the Philippines. 

Sec. 8. Extension of requirement to provide nursing home care to certain veterans 

with service-connected disabilities. 

Sec. 9. Extension of treatment and rehabilitation services for seriously mentally ill 

and homeless veterans. 

Sec. 10. Extension of authority to provide housing assistance for homeless veterans. 

Sec. 11. Extension of authority for the Advisory Committee on Homeless Veterans. 

Sec. 12. Extension of authority for the Veterans’ Advisory Commission on Education. 

Sec. 13. Extension of requirements relating to vendee loans. 

Sec. 14. Extension of authority for the performance of medical disabilities examinations by contract physicians. 

SEC. 2. REFERENCES TO TITLE 38, UNITED STATES CODE. 

Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act 

an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment 

to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall 

be considered to be made to a section or other provision of title 

38, United States Code. 

SEC. 3. SCORING OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 

The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying 

with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined 

by reference to the latest statement titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of 

PAYGO Legislation’’ for this Act, submitted for printing in the 

Congressional Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that such statement has been submitted prior 

to the vote on passage. 

38 USC 101 note. 

VA Expiring 

Authorities 

Extension Act of 

2013. 

Dec. 20, 2013 

[H.R. 1402] 


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PUBLIC LAW 113–59—DEC. 20, 2013 127 STAT. 659 

SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR 

PAYMENT OF A MONTHLY ASSISTANCE ALLOWANCE TO DISABLED VETERANS TRAINING OR COMPETING IN LARGESCALE ADAPTIVE SPORTS PROGRAMS. 

(a) REAUTHORIZATION AND USE OF CERTAIN FUNDS.—Subsection 

(d)(4) of section 322 is amended by striking ‘‘through 2013’’ and 

all that follows and inserting ‘‘through 2015.’’. 

(b) COOPERATION WITH ORGANIZATION.—Subsection (b)(4) of 

such section is amended by striking ‘‘cooperate with the United 

States Olympic Committee’’ and all that follows through ‘‘its partners;’’ and inserting ‘‘cooperate with entities with significant experience in managing large-scale adaptive sports programs;’’. 

(c) APPLICABILITY TO COMMONWEALTHS AND TERRITORIES OF

THE UNITED STATES.—Such section is further amended by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f) and inserting after subsection 

(d) the following new subsection (e): 

‘‘(e) APPLICABILITY TO COMMONWEALTHS AND TERRITORIES OF

THE UNITED STATES.—The provisions of this subsection shall apply 

in the same manner and to the same degree as to the United 

States Olympic Committee to the Paralympic sport entities the 

Secretary considers appropriate to represent the interests of each 

of the following: 

‘‘(1) American Samoa. 

‘‘(2) Guam. 

‘‘(3) Puerto Rico. 

‘‘(4) The Northern Mariana Islands. 

‘‘(5) The United States Virgin Islands.’’. 

SEC. 5. REAUTHORIZATION AND MODIFICATION OF ADAPTIVE SPORTS 

ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 

(a) REAUTHORIZATION.—Subsection (a) of section 521A is 

amended to read as follows: 

‘‘(a) ADAPTIVE SPORTS PROGRAM.—(1) The Secretary may carry 

out a program under which the Secretary may make grants to 

eligible entities for planning, developing, managing, and implementing programs to provide adaptive sports opportunities for disabled veterans and disabled members of the Armed Forces. 

‘‘(2) For purposes of this section, an eligible entity is an entity 

with significant experience in managing a large-scale adaptive 

sports program.’’. 

(b) ADDITIONAL APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.—Subsection 

(c)(2)(A) of such section is amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘of all partnerships’’ and all that follows 

through the end and inserting ‘‘of—’’; and 

(2) by adding at the end the following new clauses: 

‘‘(i) all partnerships referred to in paragraph (3) at 

the national and local levels that will be participating 

in such activities and the amount of grant funds that 

the eligible entity proposes to make available for each 

of such partnerships; 

‘‘(ii) the anticipated personnel, travel, and administrative costs that will be paid for by the eligible entity using 

grant funds; 

‘‘(iii) the financial controls implemented by the eligible 

entity, including methods to track expenditures of grant 

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‘‘(iv) the performance metrics to be used by the eligible 

entity to evaluate the effectiveness of the activities to be 

carried out using grant funds; and 

‘‘(v) the anticipated personnel, travel, and administrative costs that will be paid for by grantees under this 

subsection using grant funds; and’’. 

(c) USE OF FUNDS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Paragraph 

(4) of subsection (d) of such section is amended to read as follows: 

‘‘(4)(A) At the discretion of the Secretary, an eligible entity 

that receives a grant under this section may use a portion of 

the grant for the administrative expenses and personnel expenses 

of the eligible entity. The amount that may be used for such 

expenses may not exceed— 

‘‘(i) in the case of a grant made for adaptive sports 

opportunities taking place during fiscal year 2014, 10 percent 

of the total amount of the grant; 

‘‘(ii) in the case of a grant made for adaptive sports 

opportunities taking place during fiscal year 2015, 7.5 percent 

of the total amount of the grant; and 

‘‘(iii) in the case of a grant made for adaptive sports 

opportunities taking place during any subsequent fiscal year, 

5 percent of the total amount of the grant. 

‘‘(B) For purposes of this paragraph, personnel expenses include 

any costs associated with an employee of the eligible entity other 

than reimbursement for time spent by such an employee directly 

providing coaching or training for disabled veterans or members 

of the Armed Forces.’’. 

(d) FUNDING.—Subsection (g) of such section is amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘There is’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) There is’’; 

(2) by striking ‘‘through 2013’’ and all that follows and 

inserting ‘‘through 2015.’’; and 

(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 

‘‘(2) Amounts appropriated pursuant to this subsection shall 

remain available without fiscal year limitation.’’. 

(e) REAUTHORIZATION.—Subsection (l) of such section is 

amended by striking ‘‘may not provide assistance under this section 

after December 31, 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘may only provide assistance 

under this section for adaptive sports opportunities occurring during 

fiscal years 2010 through 2016’’. 

(f) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT.—Not later than 18 months 

after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 

of the United States shall submit to Congress a report on the 

use of the grants, if any, awarded under section 521A of title 

38, United States Code, as amended by this section, during the 

first program year that begins after the date of the enactment 

of this Act. Such report shall include each of the following: 

(1) An assessment of how the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 

eligible entities that received grants under such section, and 

grantees under subsection (c) of such section have provided 

adaptive sports opportunities to veterans and members of the 

Armed Forces through grants awarded under such section. 

(2) An assessment of how the Secretary oversees the use 

of funds provided under such section. 

(3) A description of the benefit provided to veterans and 

members of the Armed Forces through programs and activities 

developed through grants awarded under such section. 

Time period. 


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(g) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 521A, 

as amended by this section, is further amended— 

(1) in subsection (b)— 

(A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘the United States 

Olympic Committee’’ and inserting ‘‘an eligible entity’’; and 

(B) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘The United 

States Olympic Committee’’ and inserting ‘‘An eligible 

entity that receives a grant under this section’’; 

(2) in subsection (c)— 

(A) in paragraph (1)— 

(i) by striking ‘‘the United States Olympic Committee’’ the first time it appears and inserting ‘‘an 

eligible entity’’; and 

(ii) by striking ‘‘the United States Olympic Committee’’ the second time it appears and inserting ‘‘the 

eligible entity’’; and 

(B) in paragraphs (2) and (3), by striking ‘‘the United 

States Olympic Committee’’ each place it appears and 

inserting ‘‘the eligible entity’’; 

(3) in subsection (d)— 

(A) in paragraph (1)— 

(i) by striking ‘‘The United States Olympic Committee’’ and inserting ‘‘An eligible entity that receives 

a grant under this section,’’; 

(ii) by striking ‘‘a grant under this section’’ and 

inserting ‘‘the grant’’; and 

(iii) by striking ‘‘the United States Olympic Committee’’ and inserting ‘‘the eligible entity’’; and 

(B) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘the United States 

Olympic Committee’’ and inserting ‘‘an eligible entity that 

receives a grant under this section’’; 

(4) in subsection (e)— 

(A) by striking ‘‘the United States Olympic Committee’’ 

and inserting ‘‘an eligible entity’’; and 

(B) by striking ‘‘the integrated adaptive sports program’’ and inserting ‘‘the adapted sports opportunities 

funded by the grant’’; 

(5) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘the integrated adaptive 

sports program’’ and inserting ‘‘adapted sports opportunities 

funded under this section’’; and 

(6) in subsection (j)— 

(A) in paragraph (1)— 

(i) by striking ‘‘the United States Olympic Committee’’ the first place it appears and inserting ‘‘an 

eligible entity’’; 

(ii) by striking ‘‘the United States Olympic Committee’’ the second place it appears and inserting ‘‘the 

eligible entity’’; 

(iii) by striking ‘‘the integrated adaptive sports 

program,’’ and inserting ‘‘the adapted sports opportunities funded by the grant,’’; and 

(iv) by striking ‘‘the integrated adaptive sports program.’’ and inserting ‘‘such opportunities and programs.’’; 

(B) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following new paragraph (3): 


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‘‘(3) If an eligible entity that receives a grant under this section 

for any fiscal year does not submit the report required by paragraph 

(1) for such fiscal year, the entity shall not be eligible to receive 

a grant under this section for the subsequent fiscal year.’’; and 

(7) by striking subsection (m). 

(h) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— (1) SECTION HEADING.—The heading of such section is 

amended to read as follows: 

‘‘§ 521A. Adaptive sports programs for disabled veterans and 

members of the Armed Forces’’. 

(2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 5 is amended by striking the item relating 

to section 521A and inserting the following new item: 

‘‘512A. Adaptive sports programs for disabled veterans and members of the Armed 

Forces.’’. 

(i) IMPLEMENTATION.—To ensure the uninterrupted provision 

of adaptive sports for disabled veterans and disabled members 

of the Armed Forces, any regulations that the Secretary of Veterans 

Affairs determines are necessary to implement the amendments 

made by this section may be promulgated by interim final rules 

to ensure the award of grants under section 521A of title 38, 

United States Code, as amended by this section, before the end 

of fiscal year 2014. 

SEC. 6. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO TRANSPORT CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS TO AND FROM DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 

FACILITIES. 

Section 111A(a)(2) is amended by striking ‘‘the date that is 

one year after the date of the enactment of this section’’ and 

inserting ‘‘December 31, 2014’’. 

SEC. 7. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR OPERATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS REGIONAL OFFICE IN MANILA, 

THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES. 

Section 315(b) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2013’’ 

and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2014’’. 

SEC. 8. EXTENSION OF REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE NURSING HOME 

CARE TO CERTAIN VETERANS WITH SERVICE-CONNECTED 

DISABILITIES. 

Section 1710A(d) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2013’’ 

and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2014’’. 

SEC. 9. EXTENSION OF TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION SERVICES 

FOR SERIOUSLY MENTALLY ILL AND HOMELESS VETERANS. 

(a) GENERAL TREATMENT.—Section 2031(b) is amended by 

striking ‘‘December 31, 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2014’’. 

(b) ADDITIONAL SERVICES AT CERTAIN LOCATIONS.—Section 

2033(d) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2013’’ and inserting 

‘‘December 31, 2014’’. 

SEC. 10. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE HOUSING ASSISTANCE FOR HOMELESS VETERANS. 

Section 2041(c) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2013’’ 

and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2014’’. 


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PUBLIC LAW 113–59—DEC. 20, 2013 127 STAT. 663 

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 1402: 

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 159 (2013): 

Dec. 10, considered and passed House. 

Dec. 18, considered and passed Senate. 

Æ 

SEC. 11. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE 

ON HOMELESS VETERANS. 

Section 2066(d) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2013’’ 

and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2014’’. 

SEC. 12. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR THE VETERANS’ ADVISORY 

COMMISSION ON EDUCATION. 

Section 3692(c) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2013’’ 

and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2014’’. 

SEC. 13. EXTENSION OF REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO VENDEE LOANS. 

Section 3733(a)(7) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2013’’ 

each place it appears and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2014’’. 

SEC. 14. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF MEDICAL DISABILITIES EXAMINATIONS BY CONTRACT PHYSICIANS. 

Section 704(c) of the Veterans Benefits Act of 2003 (Public 

Law 108–183; 38 U.S.C. 5101 note) is amended by striking 

‘‘December 31, 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2014’’. 

Approved December 20, 2013. 


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